Aliens on the big screen last night. Totally awesome. Still holds up. Using shadow and smoke hides whatever imperfections are in the creatures, and in a lot of ways wind up looking more real than a lot of current CGI work. The whole thing just still works.

If anything I'd say there are parts where Sigourney Weaver us a little clunky. But for the most part she's great. And the building of suspense is great, especially when it's considered an action movie compared to Alien.

Has some good performances and had some pretty heavy themes that are very unapologetic with how they are portrayed which I appreciated. It was a very bizarre family individually and as a unit but somehow that gave them more believability.

The film has a dark, quirky kind of humor that is somehow lost by the middle half and became last interesting in the final act. Also, even though the characters were intriguing, they were miserable and shady people. This movie seems to condemn the artist, writer type of people as those who are always searching for meaning and contentment, their 'place' so to speak, even (perhaps especially) the adult figures. I think that notion is somewhat accurate but it makes you feel kind of crappy seeing these people hurt each other and be so selfish so while it was well crafted and the first half was well-scripted, I can't say it's terribly enjoyable, more like kind of depressing. If you like those types of off-kilter film examinations that give no apologies for what it is, this will probably be worth your time.

Has some good performances and had some pretty heavy themes that are very unapologetic with how they are portrayed which I appreciated. It was a very bizarre family individually and as a unit but somehow that gave them more believability.

The film has a dark, quirky kind of humor that is somehow lost by the middle half and became last interesting in the final act. Also, even though the characters were intriguing, they were miserable and shady people. This movie seems to condemn the artist, writer type of people as those who are always searching for meaning and contentment, their 'place' so to speak, even (perhaps especially) the adult figures. I think that notion is somewhat accurate but it makes you feel kind of crappy seeing these people hurt each other and be so selfish so while it was well crafted and the first half was well-scripted, I can't say it's terribly enjoyable, more like kind of depressing. If you like those types of off-kilter film examinations that give no apologies for what it is, this will probably be worth your time.